The former batter of the National Cricket Team of India, Sanjay Manjrekar, has compared the young Tilak Varma with the legendary Wicktkeeper-Batsman MS Dhoni.
Sanjay Manjrekar made this great comparison after the sensational performance of Tilak Varma batting in the second T20i against the National Crick Team of England at the Ma Chidambaram stadium, Chepauk, Chennai.
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Tilak Varma emerged as a lonely warrior in Chennai T20i
Tilak Varma, 22, was the only warrior of the National Cricket team in India in the second T20I. He played a stellar entrance to direct his team to victory and take a 2-0 advantage in the series.
Varma began their entries aggression and led the English bowling players to the cleaners. It particularly destroyed the first pacemaker Jofra Archer while brokeing 30 races of 9 balls.
After starting to initially aggressive, Varma had to play a little cautiously in the middle of the media when India lost Wickts at regular intervals. Tilak Varma showed a quiet approach and did not let the Wickts fall impact their game.
He took the game to the final and ended the game with a four. Tilak Varma also won the game player award for his undefeated 72 racing coup.
I was very happy to be practically until the end: Sanjay Manjrekar
Speaking in the waiting time of Espncricinfo after the game, Manjrekar declared that Varma had immense confidence in his skills to take India beyond the finish line, since he did not scare even when the limits did not come.
“Absolutely. The trust he has that he can see India until the end and even in this persecution, there was no panic around 18,” he said.
“Even in 19, you could see that India was not getting the limit that could remove the pressure. But I was very happy to be practically until the end,” Manjrekar added.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni had the same confidence: Sanjay Manjrekar
Sanjay Manjrekar added that the confidence shown by Tilak Varma reminded the legendary MS Dhoni, who also used to take deep game and finish matches for the National Cricket team in India.
“It seems that the guy who trusts and is the man who can lead to his team, just like we had a legend in the past in the name of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who had the same confidence. So, when you have a player like him, hitting In number 3, I could be assuming that role, which is not so bad, “said Sanjay Manjrekar.
Meanwhile, the former Pakistan Crick player Basit Ali praised Tilak Varma for his heroic with a shameless comment. In a shared video on his YouTube channel, Basit Ali said that Varma began to function exceptionally well since he began keeping his hair long.
“Safe Tilak [is] Too good since he started keeping his hair long. I’m joking [chuckles]”said the former Cricket player of the National Cricket team in Pakistan.